Ironing solution iron steam press anyone with experience?

[Vanessa312]

Hey Everyone, I know many of you, including me, have the same problem. Nowadays and Airbnb needs to be somewhat on a Hotel Standard. Over the many years as an airbnb host ironing was always a painful organization as it takes away a lot of time and many people who clean, dont do it properly or spend hours and ironing bed sheets. Last year we have tried it with a local laundry but turns that this is expensive (nearly 65 euros per check in) and in high-season when we most need them, they are not always in time. I have read that there are people who host on a large professional scale who outsource bedsheets by renting bed sheets. Unfortunately, where we have our property this is not an option. This is why I have been  researching in the internet what kind of modern machines there are to iron most effectively. There are now the so called Ironing Steam presses that apparently get the job done in no time. I cant find anybody with a pension, Airbnb, or B&B commenting on the usage of such  machine and so I am writing to the Airbnb Community today to see, if anybody has bought such a machine and give me some insights experience on how wonderful or not this machine gets the job done on Airbnb level/organization etc. I have seen machines in between 400-1600 Euros. 

Thank you very much everyone

[Alex1485]

@Vanessa312 Yes, i think this is a good investment, as the cost of outsourcing the sheets is very expensive, we would have purchased however, we have no space to store. 

The machine was recommended by an interior designer who spec’s very high end homes (that have maid staffs) and boutique hotels.  I am not sure if it was commercial grade product, afraid, i do not have a name or model number for you. :(. 

The machine was portable, 3-4’; about 20-25 lbs, works like magic, 20 seconds all wrinkles gone, equivalent of dry cleaning.

In the past, we have reached out to small ops mgrs at boutique hotels…found them very helpful as resource for commercial products. .

good luck…I wish there were very high end disposable sheets, as i would use :)!  If i find any more info, will dm you…   

[Vanessa312]

Also, assuming your colleague bought the bigger/more expensive one,  might I ask, does he have like several Airbnbs and thats why he decided to go foor the hotel machinery ? We have a family house with 5 beds and one apartment with one bed. That's why I was looking for the :"big family" one

[Alex1485 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Vanessa312 - 

If the big family one is highly rated, and the measurement of the “steam table”  part, the part the closes and steams… is large enough to handle your sheet size  ( we have king beds,) hen i’d go for it.

I had advised colleague to search for a hotel grade machine, which is called contract grade, as “contract grade” meant to endure 1000’s of uses before it breaks.    They have 4 $$$$$$ properties, very demanding clients, and did not want to risk the table breaking, having to resource a new one, part missing, damaged in shipping, etc…

[Joe3697]

Hi Vanessa,

We were just wondering if you got a reply that you were happy with, to your “iron press” query, as we are currently investigating an easier way to give the freshly-ironed look to our quilts (without the muscle power!!!)

Thanks,

Angela

[Rebecca]

Hello @Joe3697, 

I am tagging @Vanessa312 here for you, so they will receive a notification of your message and can hopefully come back to share more insights on this iron press!

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